A bill to establish a temporary National Commission on Alien Labor to conduct a comprehensive study of certain matters relating to the use of alien agricultural labor.
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
Establishes a temporary National Commission on Alien Labor to study and investigate the use of alien agricultural labor in the United States, including consideration of the effect of Federal and State law on immigration and use of such labor and to make recommendations on how such laws might be altered to insure the efficient use of existing labor markets and harvesting of crops not now harvested as a result of any labor shortages. Terminates the Commission 6 months after its final report to the President and the Congress. Prescribes the commission's membership and empowers it to hold hearings, administer oaths, and issue subpenas. Establsihes a fine and/or imprisonment for persons who refuse to testify or produce evidence in response to a subpena. Authorizes the appropriation to the Commission of necessary sums.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on May 1, 1974. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on May 1, 1974: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
JOSEPH MONTOYA (D-NM) introduced it on May 1, 1974, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Democrat.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on May 1, 1974, 19125 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19125 days ago, on May 1, 1974.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers